She said she was not persuaded by the additional claim Judge Glanville coerced Copeland to testify.
Still, some of the information provided to Copeland may have been inaccurate, she wrote.
According to the ruling, the recusal of Judge Glanville on July 15 mooted any claim he showed bias.
Jeffery Williams aka Young Thug speaks with his attorney Brian Steel during a motion hearing on Tuesday, July 30 at the Fulton County courtroom in Atlanta.Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP
I fully believe Judge Whitaker is going to give us a fair trial going forward.
The high-profile trial began with jury selection in January 2023 and finally moved on toopening statements last November.
In a controversial ruling, prosecutors won the rightto use Williams rap lyrics as evidence in the case.
Williams, 32, denies the charges.
He says YSL stands for Young Stoner Life, the name of his record label.
His lawyer Brian Steel has called the sprawling RICO indictment, which names 28 defendants, unconscionable and unconstitutional.
In his opening statement, Steel said Williams surmounted severe poverty to become a world-renowned musician.
He is not sitting there telling people to kill people.
He doesnt need their money.
Jeffery is worth tens of millions of dollars.
Steel said Williams doesnt even know most of the people in this indictment.
They argued Judge Glanville and prosecutors Love and Hyltonwereworkingtogether during the meeting to pressure Copeland to testify.
Prosecutors claim Copeland previously made statements implicating members of YSL in one of the murders listed in the indictment.
We are winning this case.
Love responded by saying she did not want to start over.
If they feel theyre winning, lets just keep it rolling.
This is broken, and its not okay.
Its offensive, Schardt argued.
Im heated right now.
Steam has been coming off my bald head all night.
Nothing about this is okay.
Yes, we need to revisit everything.
Speaking toRolling Stonelast week, Weinstein said he believed Judge Whitaker was an improvement over her predecessor.
